Any photographers in here?
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Wagonbacker9
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Yeah. He's referring to how the tree is cut off on 3 sides, plus the extra stuff on the right is kinda distracting.
Already on it!
oaklandopen
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Tomorrow night I'm gonna be going to longwood gardens (maybe ppl in the NE are the only ones who know what I'm talking about) and I'm planning on taking my camera and tripod. For those who don't know what it is, its a large indoor/outdoor garden that has xmas lights up. But I need some help with a few things:
For starters, I have yet to use any kind of nightscape portrait mode with my flash (sb600 I think), and I'm not sure if it'll bee too much at any setting. Obviously id like to get as much light on the human subject, and less fill on the plant life holding the lights. So, will the stock flash suffice (d80), can I use my semi-pro flash, will a reflective diffuser help, do I need to get my subjects far from the lights?
Secondly, because its both indoors and outdoors, and its gonna be cold, I'm going to have the worst time transitioning from in and out with foggy lenses. I know that I might be able to counteract the fog if I take along an insulated lunchbox and a freezer pack instead of my normal camera case, but that only leaves me with outdoor shots, and they have really nice indoor pic areas. Makes me wish I had 2 bodies
Or should I just leave my stuff at home? This cry for help ended up being more of a rant than anything else I guess
For starters, I have yet to use any kind of nightscape portrait mode with my flash (sb600 I think), and I'm not sure if it'll bee too much at any setting. Obviously id like to get as much light on the human subject, and less fill on the plant life holding the lights. So, will the stock flash suffice (d80), can I use my semi-pro flash, will a reflective diffuser help, do I need to get my subjects far from the lights?
Secondly, because its both indoors and outdoors, and its gonna be cold, I'm going to have the worst time transitioning from in and out with foggy lenses. I know that I might be able to counteract the fog if I take along an insulated lunchbox and a freezer pack instead of my normal camera case, but that only leaves me with outdoor shots, and they have really nice indoor pic areas. Makes me wish I had 2 bodies
Or should I just leave my stuff at home? This cry for help ended up being more of a rant than anything else I guess
use your flash on its lowest setting, adjust aperture so that subjects are not blown out, adjust shutter speed to bring the background up. If you're using a tripod, you can use a flash to freeze your subjects and expose them and then use a shutter speed of a second or so to expose the rest of the photo.
don't know what to tell you about the fog. One of my favorite photos (my current desktop, in fact) was taken with a foggy lens.
don't know what to tell you about the fog. One of my favorite photos (my current desktop, in fact) was taken with a foggy lens.
oaklandopen
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So might it be better to spot flash them? There's a zoom setting on the flash
Or should I bring them away from the lights, get a wider flash, and hopefully only their focal point gets flash while the background stays dark?
I'm thinking a quick flash may only light up a few feet of depth so the xmas lights will be the only thing seen in the background, and not the tree that they're on
Better yet, ill do some test shots tonight at the house and post them up, that'll give me a good idea on the settings too. Only problem is I won't have a subject willing enough to stand outside and help me
Or should I bring them away from the lights, get a wider flash, and hopefully only their focal point gets flash while the background stays dark?
I'm thinking a quick flash may only light up a few feet of depth so the xmas lights will be the only thing seen in the background, and not the tree that they're on
Better yet, ill do some test shots tonight at the house and post them up, that'll give me a good idea on the settings too. Only problem is I won't have a subject willing enough to stand outside and help me
I'm sure there will be some ambient light... enough to help expose some detail in the background... plus, I'm guessing you'll be wanting to turn the flash down even farther than it goes on its lowest setting. Just remember that your ISO setting and your f-stop control the flashed part of your exposure, and your shutter speed controls the ambient light part... if you want to bring the ambient light part up, don't be afraid to use a long shutter speed. Even hand-holding a longer shutter speed can create some fun effects with the christmas lights.
Hell yea they are. First saw one this past summer. Insane!
The ManLaw
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so i dusted off my 5 year old Vivitar V3800N, all manual film camera.
Since i'm not exactly what i'd call good, criticize away.
Since i'm not exactly what i'd call good, criticize away.
Goliat6288
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is it because its the happiest one of the bunch?
i like the one with the baby seat... creepy looking
The ManLaw
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second to the last one is my favorite of the bunch. but the baby seat just stands out to me personally. a friend called it "post apocalyptic" looking. i kinda agree
